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In this column, I sometimes answer reader e-mails to try to help people with their grammar problems. It?s a good gig. I get to play expert and hero all at once. And through the magic of old-fashioned printing, my answers appear immediately after the questions. No one can tell how long it took me to produce them. So the finished product makes me look like a bottomless font of instant answers who never has any questions or conundrums of my own. If only that were true. In real time, there are a lot of grammar and usage issues that trip me up. The good news is I?

AS IF YOU ASKED Several weeks ago, I met with the Glendale's Women's Civic League, and some of the members had a request, one I've heard several times in the past few months. I promised I'd follow through in an upcoming column, and this is it. "Please give us an update on the orphanage you wrote about last year." It's a request I've heard so often that I'm a bit ashamed it has taken me this long. For those who don't know or remember, this is a reference to the El Faro Orphanage, and to the work being done by a teenager who resolved to make a difference.

Nearly a dozen people, spurred on by the hosts of KFI's "John and Ken Show," dropped off everything from Spam to macaroni and cheese at the office of Assemblyman Mike Gatto after he publicly opposed state Controller John Chiang’s decision to suspend lawmaker pay without a state budget.

Ticktockers model fashions, receive awards National Charity League of Burbank had its annual fashion show and awards event titled "Il Manichino Bello" at The Castaway. Chapter President Dana Brooks welcomed the guests. The 11th- and 12th-grade Ticktocker members modeled fashions spanning from the Medieval times to 2004. Charity League is a six-year, mother and daughter organization that provides volunteer service to local charities. Each member must perform a number of hours each year.

Ryan Carter The first of what officials say will be three restaurants to flank the new AMC Entertainment Village will open for business early next year. Romano's Macaroni Grill, a restaurant chain that serves everything from wood-fired pizzas and pastas to sauvignons, will move into a 7,300-square- foot space Feb. 4, officials said. Workers have already begun the process of developing the new space, which is at the northeastern corner of Magnolia Boulevard and First Street.

Food donations needed for holidays NORTHWEST DISTRICT -- Burbank Temporary Aid Center officials are making an emergency pitch for donations of canned goods and other non-perishable food for the upcoming holiday season. The ongoing supermarket strike has hindered donations to BTAC and other nonprofit organizations, and resulted in the postponement last week of Make a Difference Day, the city's annual food drive. The following is a list of items BTAC needs to stock its pantry: cans of stew, tuna, Spam, mixed vegetables and mixed fruit; jars of spaghetti sauce, peanut butter and jelly; and boxes of macaroni and cheese.

The opening of the Canyon Grille at DeBell Golf Club was pushed back to Monday due to kitchen equipment repairs taking longer than expected, operators said. Originally slated to open Friday, the new eatery will be replacing the club's Clubhouse Grill. The owners of the former restaurant announced a year ago they would close in December. Tom Shayman, 17-year owner and operator of the Burbank Bar and Grille on North San Fernando Road, has taken the helm of the club's new restaurant.

The Canyon Grille at DeBell, the golf club's new eatery, opened to diners Monday, offering a new menu which operators described as “California continental.” The restaurant, headed by Burbank Bar and Grille owner and operator Tom Shayman, is open daily for breakfast and lunch, and will begin serving dinner on Valentine's Day. The menu features comfort dishes such as macaroni and cheese, burgers and flatbread pizzas, along with ahi tuna and...

In this column, I sometimes answer reader e-mails to try to help people with their grammar problems. It?s a good gig. I get to play expert and hero all at once. And through the magic of old-fashioned printing, my answers appear immediately after the questions. No one can tell how long it took me to produce them. So the finished product makes me look like a bottomless font of instant answers who never has any questions or conundrums of my own. If only that were true. In real time, there are a lot of grammar and usage issues that trip me up. The good news is I?

AS IF YOU ASKED Several weeks ago, I met with the Glendale's Women's Civic League, and some of the members had a request, one I've heard several times in the past few months. I promised I'd follow through in an upcoming column, and this is it. "Please give us an update on the orphanage you wrote about last year." It's a request I've heard so often that I'm a bit ashamed it has taken me this long. For those who don't know or remember, this is a reference to the El Faro Orphanage, and to the work being done by a teenager who resolved to make a difference.